The Company Town in the Twenty-First Century
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, miners in the Pocono Mountains and other coal-rich regions often lived in company towns, built around the site of a mine. They paid their rent to their employer, who built and owned all houses in the town, just as they bought their groceries, clothing, and other provisions
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Rut
“The ass Brian slaps first thing Friday morning is not Beth’s. He thinks it is, from the moment he spots her, alone and counting her drawer in her khaki shorts, until the moment she squeals and turns around.”
The Graveyard Slot
Richie finds a zombie movie playing over analog air broadcast, where there’s supposedly been no signal since 2009. Finding its source becomes a dangerous obsession.
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Sharing Economy Startups
Over at The Nib, Susie Cagle put together a great comic laying out the problems with the “Sharing Economy,” but she’s too kind and even in her tone for some of us. “Sharing Economy” is basically a polite term for “Black Market,” the environment in which people living in poverty are so desperate for money that anything
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On the Job
Yes, in fact, the Ku Klux Klan, a domestic terrorist organization, has announced they will now be the neighborhood watch in Fairview Township, in central Pennsylvania. One has to assume they saw what George Zimmerman experienced and got jealous. The Klan has also stepped up recruitment efforts nationwide, just another reminder that we now live in post-racial
With Great Corporate Power
UPDATE, MAY 2021: In hindsight, this is pretty funny.
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You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby
Context: That first sign is an actual slogan*. On Friday, Texas Republican Congressman Steve Stockman tweeted the latest slogan in his reelection campaign: “If Babies Had Guns, They Wouldn’t Be Aborted.” Yes, really. Maybe he was inspired by recent headlines from Pakistan? I’m sure the unborn are excited to discover their newest opportunity to serve as political rhetoric. Almost
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